I took a moment yesterday morning to step inside the chapel at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gastenhuis (Our Dear Lady Hospital) -- and as always, I had to ask myself:  Why don't I come here more often?

It's so close to my house... It's open pretty much all the time... It costs me nothing to use... I almost always end up having the place to myself... And the space exudes such a sense of peace and quiet.  Even though I've never been Catholic, and my theology does not ascribe any extra holiness to a particular geographic location, I really do experience the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kapel to be a remarkably worshipful space.

It's not the classic kind of chapel or "church space" that you'd expect from Europe (probably because the chapel was only constructed in 2000).  But maybe this is part of its charm, too.  It's not "Old World Spirituality," but neither is it "New World Spirituality" with all its pragmatism and business-professional furnishings.  The Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kapel is clean and calm.  It's a place to connect with God.